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Conveying Water Rights. Division of Water Rights By Randy Tarantino Title Program Specialist Telephone: (801) 538-7387 [email protected] - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Conveying Water Rights
Division of Water RightsBy Randy Tarantino
Title Program SpecialistTelephone: (801) [email protected]
March 2012
Utah Water Users Workshop
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Topics of Discussion
Water Resources, Water Right Terms, and Basics
Water Addendums Common Problems Encountered, and Potential Solutions
Questions
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Water Right Resources
Utah Code:o Title 73, Chapter 1, Sections 10-12
http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE73/htm/73_01_001000.htm
o Title 57, Chapter 3, Sections 109http://le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE57/htm/57_03_010900.htm
Utah Administrative Code:o Rule R655-3
http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/code/r655/r655-003.htm
Training Manual for Preparing a Report of Water Right Conveyance
http://www.waterrights.utah.gov/titleInfo/trainman.pdf
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Water Right TermsBeneficial Use: All water rights are
based upon and limited by the beneficial use(s) of the water right.
Diversion Limits: The Division authorizes specific maximum quantities of water that can be diverted to achieve the beneficial use.
Place of Use: The land where the water is authorized by the Division to be used. The location of the place of use is critical in determining the appurtenance of water rights to land when evaluating ownership documents.
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More TermsUnperfected: A water right that has
been approved but not perfected
Perfected: A water right that has been legally established or perfected for use upon a particular parcel of lando Decreed Rights - are described in and
confirmed by an official court decree
o Diligence Rights – are water rights that have been legally established prior to 1903 for surface sources (Diligence Claims) and 1935 for underground water sources (Underground Water Claims).
o Appropriated Rights - are established by filing an application, proof, and obtaining a certificate from the State Engineer
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Water Right BasicsProposals to appropriate surface water after 1903 (diligence claims) and underground water after 1935 (underground water claims) from any available un-appropriated water supply must be initiated through the filing of an Application to Appropriate Water with the state engineer. Applications to appropriate that are approved are subject to specific periods in which to develop the proposed projects and place the water to beneficial use. During the period that an application is being developed, the rights may be conveyed by assignment or by deed. Upon proof of development of the approved used, certificates are issued, and the rights are “perfected” and must be conveyed by deed.
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Water Addendum’sLand DeedWater Deed
These Forms are Available on the Divisions Website
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Water Addendum’s When deed is recorded in the county recorders
office and a water addendum is attached, Utah Code Section 57-3-109 requires the recorder to forward a copy of the deed and addendum to the State Engineer.
The Division will notify the grantee, of an identified water right, whether or not ownership has been updated on the State Engineer’s Records.
The title section will review the addendum as if it were a ROC submittal and update the records if additional clarification is not required.
The letter, deed, and addendum will be posted to the water right file the addendum references.
The County Recorders office can mail, fax, or e-mail the addendums to the Division of Water Rights ([email protected])
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Conveyance Problems Not understanding the Water Right being
conveyed.o Is the water right Appurtenant to the land it’s used
on?o Is the water right a member of a Supplemental
Group?o Is the water right based on shares in a Private Water
Company? Not understanding what the documents mean
within the water right file.o What is a No Claim Filed (NCF)/Pending
Adjudication Claim?o What is an Unpublished Water User’s Claim (WUC)?o Decreed Rights not in the State Engineer’s records
Problems with the rules or policieso Internal Title Boardo Water Right Title Committee
Discrepancies on the Divisions Records
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Understanding the Water Right
Hydrographic Map
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Scanned DocumentsApplication to Appropriate POU: S½SW¼, Sec 10, T10N, R1E,
SLBM13 January 1976Approved Application
(A45919) 24 May 1976
Election Filed 27 July 1978
Water User’s Claim No POU listed 5
January 1979
The water became
appurtenant to the land on this
date
Approved Change a35830 POU: SW ¼ SW ¼,
Sec 10, T10N, R1E, SLBM 28 January 2010
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Is the Water Right Appurtenant?
May 4, 1998o Prior to this date only perfected
water rights can be conveyed by appurtenance.
o Land conveyances executed on or after this date may convey the associated perfected or unperfected water right by appurtenance.
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Appurtenance?
Problem (refer to deed handout)o Appurtenance cannot be established
for the land conveyed in the SE ¼ SW ¼, Section 10 T10N, R5E, SLBM.
o Application to appropriate and the hydrographic survey map lists place of use in the S½SW¼, Sec. 10, T10N, R5E, SLBM.
o There is a discrepancy on the Division’s records
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Is the Water Right part of a Supplemental Group?
If you find any errors in the database in supplemental water use groups, contact the Regional Office, and they can help.
Be prepared to submit a written description of the problem with supporting documentation.
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Hydrographic Survey Maps
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Private Water Companies?
Water Shares issued by a private water companyo The private water company owns the water right.
Therefore, the water is not appurtenant to the land. Water shares are conveyed as securities under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC 70A-8). The Division cannot update ownership based solely on shares.
Change Applications based on shareso The water company is the owner of the water right.
The shareholder is a party to the change application. o A change based on shares is valid only if the shares
are maintained in good standing with the water company. A copy of the stock certificate in the name of the new owner should be provided with the ROC.
o The change application can be conveyed as an appurtenance.
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Understanding Water Right Documents
No Claim Filed (NCF)/Pending Adjudication Claim
Unpublished Water User’s Claims (WUC)
Decreed Rights not in the State Engineer’s records
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No Claim Filed (NCF) or Pending Adjudication
ClaimsClaim collected during a general
adjudication on which no proposed determination has been published
Currently has no supporting legal basis
The claim itself has no legal standing other than as evidence of the manner of use at the time taken
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Pending Adjudication Claim
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What does a No Claim Filed (NCF) or Pending Adjudication Claims
Mean for Conveyance?Title can be updated from the owner shown on
the claim, but the claim still as yet has no supporting legal basis.
A diligence claim must be submitted before any action can be taken on applications for changes on these rights.
NCF or Pending Adjudication Claim Resources:
Hydrographic map (shows location of claim)Documents in the water right file
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Unpublished Water User’s Claims (WUC)
The underlying water right’s legal basis is actually another document such as a decree, application to appropriate, diligence claim, etc… and may not match the WUC in all respects.
The database often reflects the WUC, not the actual basis of the water right.
The claim itself has no legal standing other than as evidence of the manner of use at the time it the claim was collected.
Title work must extend back to the document the WUC is based upon.
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Unpublished Claims
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Water User’s Claim
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Provo River Decree
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Decreed Rights not in the State Engineer’s RecordsNot all rights have a water right
number assigned to them.Title must be updated from the owner
listed in the decree.Decrees are available online, or at the
courthouse. The courthouse is the best location to research for decrees.
A water right number can be assigned to decreed water rights upon request, but the State Engineer’s office may decide to assign numbers to all rights in the decree at the same time, which may take considerable time.
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Water Right Decrees
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Decrees by County
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General Adjudications
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Discrepancies on the Divisions Records
If it is believed that the Division has made an error associated with the water right on the division records and appurtenance cannot be established, the Regional Office can be contacted to determine the action required to correct the State Engineer’s records. The correction will need to occur prior to filing the ROC.
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Questions?